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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello Deborah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hector Macdonald, “A book gathered in nines”, <i>The Bibliotheck</i>, 7 (1974-75), 76-78, referring to C. Stower, <i>The printers’ grammar</i> (London, 1808), p. 199, on 18mo books printed by half sheet imposition, and Gaskell, <i>New introduction</i>, p. 329. Hector is describing NLS H.M.289, an Edinburgh imprint of 1781 = ESTC T87195 where the format is given as 18mo. He records the collation of this book as a<sup>2</sup> A-N<sup>9</sup> O<sup>7</sup> and says that in gatherings A-N you can see the sewing between the fourth leaf and its conjugate and the fifth leaf is tipped into the inner margin of the conjugate of the fourth leaf, which matches your description. (I’ve not examined our book myself.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>*********************************************</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr Brian Hillyard</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rare Books and Music Collections Manager</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>National Library of Scotland</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:b.hillyard@nls.uk">b.hillyard@nls.uk</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Direct dial: +44 (0)131 623 3889</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fax: +44 (0)131 623 3888</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah J. Leslie<br><b>Sent:</b> 29 November 2012 17:06<br><b>To:</b> 'DCRM Revision Group List'<br><b>Cc:</b> 'jgreen@librarycompany.org'<br><b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Gathered in 9's?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>We're cataloging an 1825 Boston imprint of William Bellamy, Select comedies from Shakspeare, which is gathered in 9's throughout. Our deteriorating copy with uncut leaves have helped us determine that the singleton is inserted after the 4th leaf of each gathering. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>I've long known about the existence of gatherings in 9's--and give it as the one exception to prohibition against signature statements with a superscript odd number--and am pretty sure I even handled one at the Library Company, but can't track down documentation on it. The ExLibris-L archives are down so I can't search there. I seem to remember it as a Philadelphia German thing. Before we put down the signatures as A-L^9, though, it would be nice to have confirmation that this formulation is legit. As for identifying the format, Jaggard (Shakespeare bibliography) calls it a 12mo but I'm inclined to call it an 8vo. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Deborah <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0'>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol St., S.E. | Washington, D.C. 20003<br><a href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu"><span style='color:#0070C0'>djleslie@folger.edu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0'>| 202.675-0369 | <a href="http://www.folger.edu/"><span style='color:#0070C0'>http://www.folger.edu</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>
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